A Textbook of General Practice, 2nd edition, 2nd Edition by Anne Stephenson

By Anne Stephenson

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Phase V: the doctor, and occasionally the patient, details further treatment or further investigation. ■ Phase VI: the consultation is terminated, usually by the doctor. Practical Exercise Try looking at some consultations to see if these stages are in fact dealt with and, if so, in what order. Discuss this first with your tutor. You may also like to discuss whether and to what extent this order is ideal and how and why stages may be missed out or dealt with in a different order in different situations.

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Stewart, M. 2001: Towards a global definition of patient centred care. British Medical Journal 322, 444–5. S. L. 1976: Doctors talking to patients. London: HMSO. This is one of the ‘classics’ in general practice research and is well worth reading if you are interested in the general practice consultation. C. 1992: Clinical method. A general practice approach, 2nd edn. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann. This is a very useful and succinct British text of general practice that has two good chapters on the consultation and the doctor–patient relationship.